About this job
Who we are:
Located in Gununa within the Wellesley Island Group in the Gulf of Carpentaria, our Kindy to Year 10 school serves a strong and proud Aboriginal community. Our work is grounded in deep partnerships with families and community, with a clear focus on ensuring every student is known, supported and able to succeed.
In 2025, our school was recognised with a regional award for excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education, reflecting our commitment to culturally responsive practice, strong community connection and improved outcomes for students.
About the Role:
The Head of Curriculum will provide strategic and instructional leadership across the school, with a strong focus on improving the quality and consistency of teaching, learning and assessment.
The successful applicant will:
- Lead the implementation of the Australian Curriculum v9, ensuring strong alignment between curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and reporting.
- Lead whole-school improvement in teaching and learning, establishing high expectations and consistent, evidence-informed practice.
- Build teacher capability through coaching, mentoring, modelling, classroom observation, feedback and targeted professional learning.
- Lead effective differentiation and inclusive curriculum practices, supporting teachers to respond to individual student needs, strengths and readiness.
- Lead high-quality planning, assessment, pre-moderation and moderation, strengthening assessment literacy and consistency of teacher judgement.
- Use student learning and achievement data to identify priorities, monitor progress and evaluate the impact of teaching and intervention.
- Embed culturally responsive, inclusive and socially just practices across curriculum and teaching.
- Build strong partnerships with students, staff, families, community and relevant agencies.
- Contribute strategically to whole-school improvement priorities and effectively manage curriculum resources, systems and processes.
- Maintain a strong understanding of relevant departmental policies, procedures, legislation and professional standards.
Key Capabilities:
We are seeking an instructional leader who can operate both strategically and operationally, with the capacity to lead people, curriculum and improvement. The successful applicant will demonstrate:
- Deep knowledge of the Australian Curriculum v9, curriculum planning, assessment and reporting.
- Strong instructional leadership and the ability to coach and develop teachers to improve classroom practice.
- Strong knowledge of differentiation, inclusion, assessment, pre-moderation and moderation.
- Capacity to use evidence and data to lead and monitor improvement.
- A strong commitment to culturally responsive practice and genuine community partnership.
- Strategic thinking, effective change leadership and a commitment to achieving improved learning outcomes for all students.
What We Offer:
- A high-functioning, improvement-focused leadership team
- Strong and established community partnerships
- Access to targeted coaching and professional learning
- The opportunity to lead significant, system-level work that directly impacts student outcomes
- A unique and deeply rewarding remote leadership experience
- Excellent subsided housing and remote incentives
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page response to the How you will be assessed section of the attached role description.
- Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.